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New Swanage Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore New Swanage, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Swanage map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of New Swanage, Dorset

How to Use This New Swanage, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Swanage, Dorset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceNew Swanage
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.622011
Longitude-1.959758
Place TypeSuburban Area

About New Swanage

New Swanage reveals itself as an unassuming threshold where the limestone bones of the Purbeck hills begin to soften into the coastal plain. It lies 1.0 miles north of Swanage (from Swanage: bearing 351°T, OS grid SZ 029 802). The local topography finds its character in the elevation of the Purbeck Ridge (East) SSSI, which casts a long, watchful shadow over the residential streets during the late afternoon. Residents of New Swanage often walk toward the quiet, verdant expanse of the Washpond Natural Greenspace, where the air retains a sharp, briny quality carried up from the Channel. Day’s Park serves as a central artery for the locality, providing a sheltered pocket of green that holds the morning dew long after the sun has climbed high. The light here possesses a particular silver clarity, reflecting off the pale stone walls that define the boundary lines of many gardens. New Swanage maintains a quiet dignity, caught between the rugged, ancient geology of the interior and the rhythmic, restless pull of the nearby sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Day's Park (Park)locality lies within
  • Purbeck Ridge (East) Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest)locality lies within · 143 ha
  • Washpond Natural Greenspace (Park) — 0.3 mi, 266° W
  • Shep's Hollow (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 074° ENE
  • Godlingston Stream (River) — 0.7 mi, 221° SW
  • The Ulwell Barrow 400M N Of Sheperds Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 328° NNW
  • Punch and Judy (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 172° S
  • Studland Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 040° NE
  • Swanage Water Act Obelisk (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 326° NW
  • Santa-Fe Fun Park (Theme Park) — 0.8 mi, 175° S
  • Giant's Grave Bottom (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 298° WNW
  • Group Of Three Round Barrows On Ballard Down (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 049° NE
  • King Alfred Memorial (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 172° S
  • The Mowlem (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 172° S
  • Swanage Lockup (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 179° S
  • Old Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 186° S
  • The Old Prison And Pump (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 175° S
  • Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 170° S
  • Dean Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 328° NNW
  • WW2 Gun mount (Historic Ruins) — 1.2 mi, 147° SSE
  • Townsend Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 191° S · 14 ha
  • Ballard Point (Wetland) — 1.4 mi, 064° ENE
  • South Beach (Beach) — 1.6 mi, 027° NNE
  • Agglestone Rock (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 347° NNW
  • Middle Beach (Beach) — 1.8 mi, 016° NNE
  • Great Globe (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 170° S
  • Viewpoint to Old Harry Rocks (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 044° NE
  • Quarry entrance (dis) (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 179° S
  • Durlston Castle (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 171° S
  • Durlston Castle Historic Landscape (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 171° S · 19 ha

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About This New Swanage Map Page

Explore New Swanage, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.622011, -1.959758. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.